Private Detective 62

A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.

Cast

William Powell

William Powell

as Donald Free

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

as Janet Reynolds

Arthur Hohl

Arthur Hohl

as Dan Hogan

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

as Amy Moran

Gordon Westcott

Gordon Westcott

as Tony Bandor

Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead

as Helen Burns

James Bell

James Bell

as Whitey

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Harcourt S. Burns

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

as Cab Driver

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

as Tracey (Uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

They used to say that in the end, Samuel Goldwyn couldn't get arrested in Hollywood. Well the same is true here for "Donald Free" (William Powell). His government career went down in flames and now he can't get a job for love nor money. Until, that is, he alights on the dodgy "Peerless" detective ag...

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